Montoya vs. Busch -- The Battle of the Black Hats

NASCAR/Getty ImagesKyle Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya spin out after wrecking under caution near the end of Sunday's race.

Juan Pablo Montoya was asked after the race by a TV interviewer what happened between him and Kyle Busch near the end of the race. The two cars were beating and banging before Montoya turned Busch and both ended up with torn sheet metal.

Did you intentionally wreck Busch? he was asked.

Now, Montoya could have said something like, "I haven't seen the replay yet," or "I don't know."

But instead, he said, "Yeah."

"On the restart, I got around the outside of him in Turn 2 and he just went wide like I wasn't even there. Then we touched each other and got beside him to the next corner and he starts banging on me, like he was trying to wreck me. I said, 'OK'. I went into the corner and the wrecked happen, slowed down, and tried to say, 'What are you doing,' the next thing that I started to see was that he was hitting me. He runs good? Yeah. He has great cars? Yeah. I thought we had a decent car today and I don't appreciate when people race me like that."

That earned him a summons to the NASCAR hauler and a two-lap penalty. He ended up finishing 32nd. Busch finished 25th. NASCAR said it would not issue any more penalties.

What Montoya did was inexcusable and he deserved a penalty. But we all know it goes on all the time. At least he gets credit for honesty.